Traditionally the three barbet families were subsumed under the Capitonidae. Howard and Moore 2003 place them in the larger Ramphastidae family. It is more common in Asia to assign the Asian barbets to either the Capitonidae or the Megalaimidae.

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All barbets are นกโพระดกnók pʰoo-rá-dòk'barbet (bird)', which is also used in the family name for the Ramphastidae as well as in most of the ornithological species names.